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Gilbert Rozman

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July 3, 2017 Open Forum
Japan’s Feelings of Marginalization in Spring 2017 and the US Factor

At this time of extraordinary flux, for some, Japan looms as an embodiment of stability and sound realist judgment. For others, it remains mired in the post-Cold War […]

Gilbert Rozman

Abe-Trump summit, BRI, Moon-Trump summit, TPP, Trump-Xi Summit, US-Japan alliance
April 24, 2017 Special Forum
The Case of Japan

Japan has never been so closely attached to the United States as it is today. The military alliance has reached an apogee different from Japan’s hands-off approach to […]

Gilbert Rozman

Anti-Americanism, bubble economy, Donald Trump, Hiroshima bombing, historical revisionism, pacifism, Pearl Harbor, TPP, Yasukuni Shrine
February 2, 2017 National Commentaries
A US Perspective

At the end of the first month of his presidency, how should we anticipate Trump’s post “pivot to Asia” policy toward East Asia? What matters: his personnel picks, […]

Gilbert Rozman

Abe Shinzo, ASEAN, Australia, Denuclearization, East China Sea, freedom of navigation operations, GSOMIA, India, Kim Jong-nam, military buildup, missile defense, missile tests, Obama, pivot to Asia, rebalance, sanctions, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, Taiwan, THAAD, TPP, trilateralism, Trump, Tsai Ing-wen, US alliances, Xi Jinping
December 28, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II

The long-awaited December 15-16 Yamaguchi-Tokyo summit appears to have been a failure, which masqueraded as a step forward. That is the conclusion many sources in Japan have drawn, […]

Gilbert Rozman

1956 Joint Declaration, Abe Shinzo, Eastern Economic Forum, energy, G7, Hikiwake, Kuril Islands, Northern Territories, Peace Treaty, Putin, Russian Far East, sanctions, Territorial Disputes, trilateralism, Trump administration, two plus alpha
December 28, 2016 Review Article
NBR’s Strategic Asia Volumes at the End of an Era

Ashley J. Tellis, Abraham M. Denmark, and Greg Chaffin, eds., Strategic Asia 2014-15, US Alliances and Partnerships at the Center of Global Power (Seattle & Washington, DC: The […]

Gilbert Rozman

ASEAN, Australia, burden-sharing, comfort women, Duterte, GSOMIA, India, Indo-Pacific, Indonesia, Maritime Silk Road, Modi, Mongolia, Najib, northern triangle, Philippines, realpolitik, rise of China, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Six-Party Talks. Russian Far East, South China Sea, strategic culture, Taiwan, THAAD, Thailand, trilateralism, Trump administration
December 16, 2016 Special Forum
Japanese Media on the Impact of Donald Trump’s Election on Japan and China

Japanese awakened to Donald Trump’s victory in disbelief, coining the label “Trump shock” to go with other “shocks” memorable in their history with the United States.1 A failure […]

Gilbert Rozman

Abe Shinzo, Abenomics, ASEAN, Asia pivot, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Balance of power, burden-sharing, containment, cross-Strait relations, Duterte, International Court of Arbitration, isolationism, Myanmar, One Belt One Road, Paris Climate Accords, Park Geun-hye, Philippines, Populism, protectionism, RCEP, rebalance, Senkaku Islands, Taiwan, tariffs, THAAD, TPP, trilateralism, Trump administration, Tsai Ing-wen, Vietnam, Xi Jinping
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
Trilateralism and Realignment: Reassessing Three Triangles with South Korea

South Korea stands at the vortex of three geopolitical triangles and also in the shadow of the North Korean menace to regional stability. All of these trilateral configurations […]

Gilbert Rozman

5thnuclear test, comfort women, constitutional revisionism, Denuclearization, Eastern Economic Forum, Eurasia Economic Union, Eurasian Initiative, GSOMIA, Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative, Park Geun-hye, Putin, rebalance to Asia, Russian Far East, Shinzo Abe, South China Sea, TPP, trilateralism, US election
October 26, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario I

As Abe Shinzo proceeds at breakneck pace to reach a breakthrough with Vladimir Putin, at least five questions need to be addressed from the perspective of the United […]

Gilbert Rozman

four islands in a batch, G7, Multipolarity, Putin, Russian Far East, sanctions, Shinzo Abe, THAAD, two plus alpha
August 29, 2016 Special Forum
Chinese views of South Korean history

On August 3, Beijing ribao depicted THAAD as not aimed at defending against North Korea, but rather splitting China from South Korea.1 On August 7, Huanqiu shibao depicted […]

Gilbert Rozman

China Dream, Cold War, communism, Koguryo, Korean War, Multipolarity, Northeast Project, regional order, Sinocentrism, Trustpolitik
June 24, 2016 Open Forum
The Pivot vs. the “Progressives”

For more than a decade the two most divisive issues in East Asia have been the gap over how to deal with: 1) the Sino-US relationship and which […]

Gilbert Rozman

Asia for the Asians, China first, G2, hegemonism, Kurt Campbell, Six-Party Talks, Sunshine Policy